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METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW YORK; Burned Corpse Is Found Outside a Bronx Market

Published: September 28, 1997

A body burned beyond recognition was found outside the Bronx Terminal Market in the South Bronx yesterday morning, the police said. Officer Leslie Cardona, a police spokeswoman, said the body was burned so badly that the victim's sex, age and race could not be determined.

A passer-by spotted the body and called the police at 9:45 A.M., Officer Cardona said. Police officers found the charred remains under a piece of cardboard, she said.

The incident was under investigation yesterday evening, the police said. Ellen Borakove, a spokesman for the City Medical Examiner's office, said that an autopsy would be performed today.